Any county in this state shall be eligible to receive state financial aid to be paid from moneys appropriated therefor upon certification to the governor by the county commission that such county has available an adequate sum of money to be used for the purchase or erection and the operation of a county memorial hospital, or a memorial addition to an existing county hospital, commemorating the services of our Armed Forces during World War II and upon certification to the governor by the director of the department of health and senior services that the purchase or erection and operation of the proposed county memorial hospital, or a memorial addition to an existing county hospital, is, in his judgment, in the interest of public health and welfare and that sufficient funds are available to finance not only the purchase or erection of the memorial hospital, or a memorial addition to an existing county hospital, but also the operation of such hospital. State financial aid allocated to a county eligible for aid under the provisions of this section shall be equivalent to the amount of money actually expended by the county in the purchase or erection of a memorial hospital, or a memorial addition to an existing county hospital, but in no case shall such state financial aid to any county exceed ten thousand dollars.